Winchester

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeastre, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeastre, from Latin castra (“camp”).

The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880), for the hard disk see Winchester disk.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun[edit]

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Winchester

  1. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
    1. The City of Winchester, a local government district in Hampshire
  2. Any of the towns named after it, including:
    1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
      2. A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
      3. A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
      4. An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
      5. A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
      6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
      7. A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
      8. A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
      9. A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
      10. An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
      11. A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
      12. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
      13. A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
    2. A small town in Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand. [1]
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Noun[edit]

Winchester (plural Winchesters)

  1. A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
    Synonym: Win
    • H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
      "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.
    • 2008, James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn't, page 167:
      Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters.
  2. A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
  3. (computing, dated) A hard disk.
    Synonym: Winchester disk
    • 1984 February 7, PC Mag, volume 3, number 2, page 234:
      And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges […]
  4. (military, aviation) Out of ordinance.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Hungarian: vincseszter
  • Russian: винчестер (vinčester)

References[edit]

  1. ^ NZ Topo Map
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